The Anfield duo will be in opposition on Wednesday evening as Team GB and Uruguay meet in a crunch Group A clash in Cardiff, with the winners guaranteed a place in the quarter-finals.

Bellamy has impressed in both of GB’s group matches so far, scoring against Senegal and setting up two goals against UAE, but he knows his side will have their work cut out against his Reds colleague Suarez, who is yet to open his account at the Games.

“Luis is such a good player,” said Bellamy. “The one thing about him is he can create something out of nothing.

“You may think he is going down a dead end and there is no way he can come out of it but he will chop it past someone or put it through someone’s legs and that makes him so dangerous.

“He is a wholehearted player, he will chase balls down and run and I have been fortunate to train with him day in, day out, but also even more fortunate to play with the boy as well. He is a special talent.”

Suarez’s national team-mate Diego Lugano, meanwhile, says the booing the Reds star has received from supporters throughout the Games is a sign of “respect and fear”.

Lugano said: “When you get whistled at like that it is because you are respected, I don’t know maybe even feared; the same happened to (Diego) Maradona’s Argentina.

“If the fans applaud you like they do for the Arabs or the Senegalese it is because they think you are inferior, so it will be a great game [against Team GB] and I hope it goes our way.

“(The Suarez abuse) is a sign of respect and a little bit of fear. When these people take that attitude it is because they clearly see you as a rival and deep down there is a lot of respect.”